Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Ebabbar archive
Transliteration:
Obverse
1. 30 GUN KU.BABBAR šá dutu ina muḫ-ḫi <
2. IdAMAR.UTU-GI ILUGAL-a-ni IMar-duk-a IGir-re-e-ma
3. IdAG-GI a-ki-i 1+šu(!)(tablet:ma) a-na 1 MA.NA U8.UDUḫa
4. a-na dUTU ina itiKIN i-nam-din-nu 1en pu-ut šá-né-e na-šu-ú
5. ki-i ina itiKIN la
6. ù ta-lit-tú i-nam-
7. ina GUBzu IdEN-DU
8. II-dAMAR.UTU
9. IdEN-KA[M A-šú]
10. IdAG-
11. ITEŠ-DINGIR
Reverse
(blank space)
12. ù luŠID IdAG-SUR-ZImeš EN.LILki
13. UD.13.KAM MU.SAG.NAM.LUGAL.LA
14. d30-MU-SI.SA LUGAL KUR Aš-šurki
Translation:
30 talents of silver belonging to Šamaš are owed by Šuma-iddin, Marduk-ušallim, Šarrānu, Marduka, Girrēma, (and) Nabu-ušallim. In the month of Ulūlu, they will deliver sheep to Šamaš according to a rate of 60 sheep per mina. They guarantee for each other. If they do not deliver (the sheep) in Ulūlu, they will deliver the sheep and the offspring.
In the presence of:
Bēl-īpuš, the (royal) resident in Sippar
Naʾid-Marduk, the scribe/priest of . . .
Bēl-ēreš, son of Nanāya-uṣalli
Nabu-ušabši, descendant of Eppeš-ilī
Lābāši-ilī, descendant of Rab-bane
And the scribe: Nabu-ēṭer-napšāti
Nippur, ⟨month x⟩ day 13 accession year, Sin-šumu-līšir, king of Assyria
Obverse
1. 30 GUN KU.BABBAR šá dutu ina muḫ-ḫi <
2. IdAMAR.UTU-GI ILUGAL-a-ni IMar-duk-a IGir-re-e-ma
3. IdAG-GI a-ki-i 1+šu(!)(tablet:ma) a-na 1 MA.NA U8.UDUḫa
4. a-na dUTU ina itiKIN i-nam-din-nu 1en pu-ut šá-né-e na-šu-ú
5. ki-i ina itiKIN la
it-tan-nu U8.UDUḫa6. ù ta-lit-tú i-nam-
din-nu7. ina GUBzu IdEN-DU
uš luqi-pi [UD.KIB].NUNki8. II-dAMAR.UTU
luŠID e(?) na x9. IdEN-KA[M A-šú]
šá IdNa-na--ú-ṣal-li10. IdAG-
GALši A IDU(!)(tablet:ni)eš-DINGIR11. ITEŠ-DINGIR
a [GA]L-DIŠ-ba-né-eReverse
(blank space)
12. ù luŠID IdAG-SUR-ZImeš EN.LILki
13. UD.13.KAM MU.SAG.NAM.LUGAL.LA
14. d30-MU-SI.SA LUGAL KUR Aš-šurki
Translation:
30 talents of silver belonging to Šamaš are owed by Šuma-iddin, Marduk-ušallim, Šarrānu, Marduka, Girrēma, (and) Nabu-ušallim. In the month of Ulūlu, they will deliver sheep to Šamaš according to a rate of 60 sheep per mina. They guarantee for each other. If they do not deliver (the sheep) in Ulūlu, they will deliver the sheep and the offspring.
In the presence of:
Bēl-īpuš, the (royal) resident in Sippar
Naʾid-Marduk, the scribe/priest of . . .
Bēl-ēreš, son of Nanāya-uṣalli
Nabu-ušabši, descendant of Eppeš-ilī
Lābāši-ilī, descendant of Rab-bane
And the scribe: Nabu-ēṭer-napšāti
Nippur, ⟨month x⟩ day 13 accession year, Sin-šumu-līšir, king of Assyria
Artwork Details
- Title: Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Ebabbar archive
- Period: Neo-Assyrian
- Date: ca. 626 BCE
- Geography: Mesopotamia, probably from Nippur
- Culture: Assyrian
- Medium: Clay
- Dimensions: 1.75 x 2.5 x .75 in. (4.5 x 6.4 x 2 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1886
- Object Number: 86.11.76
- Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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